Sight.



D. BRIANT.

SIGHT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 22,

Patented June 15,1909.

INVENTOR WWaQ.

W1 TNESSES kD STATES AIEN FFOE.,

DAVID BRIANT, OF GLEN FLORA, WISCONSIN.

SIGHT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID BRIANT, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Glen Flora, in the county of Rusk and State of IVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sights 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in sights, and more particularly to that class adapted to be used in connection with small fire arms and my object is to provide means whereby the forward sight may be readily and quickly brought into registration with the rear sight and a further object is to provide means for raising or lowering the rear sight when the iire arm is used for long or short distance shooting.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a side view of a fire-arm, showing my improved sight secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of the 'fire-arm showing my improved sight thereon, the parts being shown on an enlarged scale. Eig. 3 is a longitudinal, sectional view as seen on line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view as seen on line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the barrel of the fire arm, showing the forward sight in position thereon.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the barrel of a hre-arm, which fire-arm may be constructed in the usual or any preferred manner, the forward end of the barrel being provided with any preferred form of sight. or bead, said bead being preferably formed of bone, or similar white substance, whereby said bead may be readily observed and is supported on the barrel 1 by means of a base 3.

Adjacent the o posite end of the barrel 1, is my improved orm of rear sight 4, which sight is mounted upon a spring plate 5 and preferably integral therewith, said plate extending forwardly of the sight 4 and having a lug 6 adjacent its forward end, adapted Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 22, 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 454,222.

to enter a recess 7 extending laterally across the barrel 1, said lug fitting the recess with sufficient snugness to hold the sight in position on the barrel.

The rear sight 4 is provided at its upper edge with a V-shaped notch 8, into registra tion with which is adapted to be brought the bead 2, when pointing the re arm at an object, and in order to quickly accomplish this result, as when shooting at moving game, I provide a vision guide in the rear of the sight 4, which consists of a pair of ears 9, said ears forming a channel 10, the side walls 11 of said channel being tapered rearwardly from the sight and upwardly, while the bottom 12 of the channel is tapered downwardly from the sight, and by thus converging the side walls and bottom of the channel, the vision is gradually centered toward the notch 8 in the rear sight 4 and when the Yfire arm is thrown into position to be fired, the vision will at once be concentrated toward the notch 8 and the front sight 2 readily brought into registration therewith.

That end of the spring plate 5 carrying the sight 4 is adapted to be raised or lowered for long or short distance shooting and to readily accomplish this result, I provide an elongated slot 13 in the plate 5, between the sight 4 and lug 6, that edge of the slot adj a cent the sight having a depending tongue 14 thereon, which is adapted to engage notches 15 in the tapered upper edge of an adjusting block 1G and in view of the gradual taper of the upper edge of the block, it will be read ily seen that the sight 4 will be correspond ingly raised or lowered, as the adjusting block is moved longitudinally in the slot 13, the engagement of the tongue 14 with the notches 15, holding the block in its adjusted position.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economical form of device for readily sighting a fire-arm at an object and one that can be readily attached to any form of fire-arm of the class described and without materially adding to the expense thereof.

What I claim is:

A device of the character described, comprising a gun sight consisting of a spring plate adapted for attachment to a gun barrel, and having a longitudinal slot therein, an adjustable tapered member arranged in said slot, and a sight member proper having its forward end provided with a pendent inclined surface, a V-shaped notch in its upl0 -projecting tooth engaging said tapered memper edge.

er, and having a recess in its upper surface, In testimony whereof I have signed my the bottom of which recess is sloped d0wnnaine to this specification in the presence of Wardly and rearwardly, said sight member two subscribing witnesses.

also having downwardly flared guards or ears DAVD BRIANT. arranged laterally of said inclined tapering Witnesses:

surface of said sight member, said sight D. W. MALONEY,

member also having at the eminence of said BEssIE TEBAY. 

